The Skull Inside of Us
Posted on March 2nd, 2018
The Skull Inside of Us, 6″x6″ watercolor on Fluid watercolor paper
There’s a skull inside all of us, waiting for its chance to get out. A skeleton of finger bones, ribs, kneecaps and vertebrae, tiny wrist bones and huge thigh bones hiding buried in the reality of us. We’re bound together by meat and nerves and souls, but underneath the surface, our skulls are always smiling.
This small painting packs a lot of punch with its iconic imagery and painterly execution. A wealth of color lives in the greys, purples and blues and golden browns mingling together to create eerie shadows.
The Skull Inside of Us, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the image dissolve into abstraction when it’s up close, colors separating and shapes blurring into spookiness. Below, the piece is in a black frame, making it feel more like a scrying-glass look at the future.
The Skull Inside of Us, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Floating Gallery, Zombies, Skulls, and Other Morbid Things
Tags: for sale, skull, watercolor
Shiny Umbreon
Posted on February 27th, 2018
Shiny Umbreon, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper
Shiny Umbreon is, I have to admit, a favorite of mine. This catdog Pokemon is one of a bunch of related things that evolve from Eevee, and basically they’re all great but the goth one is the best, the end.
If you’d like to get in the queue for a commission of your own, send me an email! The wait list is the only way to get one right now, for what I hope are obvious reasons after two weeks of commission posts.
Categories: Card Design, Completed Commissions, Sea Creatures and Other Animals, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: commission, copic marker, nfs, pen and ink, pokemon, sold
Summer Day Inception
Posted on February 22nd, 2018
Summer Day Inception, 7″x5″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper
And so we continue the “you had to be there” week of FANbruary with this Inception/Grease mashup. Eames cleans up nicely for the Sandra Dee role, while Arthur greases down just as excellently. Look at the shine on that hair!
Categories: Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: arthur, commission, copic marker, eames, inception, nfs, pen and ink, sold
Next Big Thing
Posted on February 20th, 2018
Next Big Thing, 7″x5″ pen and ink and Copic marker on paper
There is an explanation for this art, but it’s long and strange and really all you need to know is that it’s a commission for the writer of the single most-commented fic on a certain archive.
It’s also another entry for FANbruary, which is a lovely celebration of fandom.
Categories: Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: arthur, commission, copic marker, eames, fanbruary, inception, next big thing, pen and ink, requisite climbing shot, sold, willy wonka
No More
Posted on February 15th, 2018
No More, 7″x5″ pen and ink and Copic marker on paper
Another Doctor for my Patreon patron, Ian! He asked for the War Doctor next, and man am I glad I own like 20 colors of brown Copic markers because I think I used all of them on this outfit.
Seriously, though, John Hurt did a wonderful job portraying Doctor Who in this weird and difficult role, and this little cartoon captures that sense of exhausted sadness surprisingly well for not having a nose.
Categories: Card Design, Completed Commissions, People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Things I'm a Fan Of
Tags: commission, copic marker, doctor who, ian doctors, parody, patreon, pen and ink, sold, war doctor
Alexander Nigel Frankfurt Benedict IV
Posted on February 13th, 2018
Alex Benedict, 5″x7″ pen & ink and Copic marker on paper
In my first self-published novel, The Courtship of Julian St. Albans, the main character Alex whistles up some magic butterflies to impress the young man he’s courting. He also manages to acquire a flower fairy, though that comes much later. At no point would he actually put up with the coattails, though he is awfully fond of black with black and a side of black as his palette.
I drew this for Inktober in 2015, and colored it the other day as a warm-up to commissions. Because if I don’t do my own characters for FANbruary, who will?
Categories: People, Figures and Faces, Series and Books, Whimsical and Strange
Tags: consulting magic, copic marker, courtship, julian st albans, pen and ink
Rainy Day
Posted on February 8th, 2018
Rainy Day, 6″x6″ watercolor on Fluid watercolor paper
Much like the fleeting shine of each individual raindrop, this painting is an optical illusion in your palm. On its face it seems like a softly violet abstract, with a depth and texture like a city street in the rain.
If you turn it into the light, blue ripples appear in the puddles, the last sun of twilight reflecting off the moment the drops hit just right.
Rain is so peaceful and soothing sometimes, and this painting is like a rainy day you can pull out at any time. What are you saving it for, and for it?
Rainy Day, detail, by Amy Crook
Above, you can see the illusion appear, shining swirls and ripples of light on the wet street. Below, you can see the piece in a frame, its illusion of rain peeking through in the sun.
Rainy Day, framed art by Amy Crook
Categories: Abstract and Just Plain Weird, Floating Gallery, Flowers, Trees and Landscapes
Tags: interference, nfs, rain, sold, watercolor
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